Lansinoh Lanolin

Lansinoh After the birth of my daughter, the gorgeous and currently snoozing Eva Rose, I had quite a time of it with the whole breastfeeding milarky. Now firstly, for all you soon to be mums out there, don't believe anyone who says breastfeeding doesn't hurt. To begin with, maybe for a week, maybe for two, you will have some discomfort as your nipples get used to being food distributors for the duration. Getting your baby latched on properly, and positioning them so that you back isn't breaking will also help, but if you do nothing else, get a tube of this and carry it around with you wherever you go once baby has arrived. What is it? Well ...  Read the complete review

When I told a friend of mine that I was pregnant one of the first bits of advice she gave me was to buy some Lansinoh. She sent me to the shop to get "the purple nipple cream" She was feeding her twins at the time! I did as I was told and went and bought a tube and put it away till I had my baby. Boy was I glad I did. After a couple of days feeding the hungriest child in the world (who had bad reflux so fed, puked and then wanted feeding again!) I was so sore. I remembered I had this lansinoh so I started using it after every feed. Within 24 hours everything was fine. Packaging / contents The tube comes in an eye-catching purple packet ...  Read the complete review

Ok this is a somewhat strange review. I am reviewing the product Lansinoh lanolin for cracked skin. For those of you who are unsure what it is meant for (particularly the male population of dooyoo) it is in fact nipple cream. But before you start panicking I am not going to give you detailed descriptions of some nipple problem I promise. I am reviewing it not as a nipple cream but as a lip cream. Don't start thinking I have lost the plot, there is a good reason for why I started doing this. Over a year ago I was prescribed a short course of very strong medication by the hospital. One of the side effects that that there is no way of avoiding is extremely dry lips (on your ...  Read the complete review

When I had my first son I started breastfeeding him straight away. I really thought it was going well until I got home from hospital and my midwife showed up. She was very 'old school' and abrupt and informed me that my latch was rubbish even though the midwifes at the hospital said it was fine. For the first couple of days I carried on doing it my way until my nipples got so sore that I winced everytime I latched my son on. When she popped in on day three I was practically crying because it hurt so much. She showed me again how I should be doing it then told me I should try 'Lansinoh'. My mum wrote it down and rushed to the pharmacy to get me ...  Read the complete review

If you read my review on Post Natal Depression or the one on Breastfeeding, you will already know I struggled with getting breastfeeding started and as a result ended having very sore nipples. Because I couldn't get baby to latch on properly, I had cracked nipples which is as painful as it sounds. At first I tried to relieve the pain with Vaseline but that only helped to a certain extent. I also tried the trick where you have to put a bit of breastmilk on your own nipple after a feed but that only helped slightly as well. When my health visitor came to see me, I was in a state. A really bad one. My nipples were so inflamed I could hardly move my ...  Read the complete review